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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1925

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Large Gold Consignment

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 11 February 1925 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--The steamer Sierra, which reached Sydney to-day, brought £250,000 worth of gold consigned to the Bank of N.S.W…

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Pirate Gold Italian Claims Vast Fortune Echo of Romantic Days (Reuter.) MTLAN

Northern Star · Wednesday 11 February 1925 · page 5

A romantic echo of the days of piracy is linked to Signor Calouzi's decision legally to claim a fortune, stated to be worth millions, now lying in a bank at…

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Eighty Miners Entombed

Tweed Daily · Friday 13 February 1925 · page 5

BERLIN, Thursday.--As the result of and explosion in a colliery near Dortmund, it is stated that 80 miners are entombed…

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Civic Coal Contract. Investigation Cancelled

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 13 February 1925 · page 7

SYDNEY, Friday.— The Municipal Labour Canens has decided that there shall be no investigation into the coal contract for the civil power house. Five…

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British and Foreign. Shocking Catastrophe. One Hundred Miners Gassed. Explosion of Fire Damp

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 13 February 1925 · page 7

LONDON, Friday.—Reuter's Dortmund correspondent states that at least 100 miners are dead, having been gassed after an explosion of the fire damp in…

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Mine Explosion. Thirty Bodies Recovered

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 14 February 1925 · page 2

LONDON, Thursday.--A Berlin message states that a mine explosion occurred at Dortmund, and 100 miners are missing. Thirty bodies have…

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Dawes Plan British Miners' Fears (Australian Press Association.) LONDON

Northern Star · Saturday 14 February 1925 · page 6

Mr. Cook, the secretary, to-night stated that the executive of the Miners' Federation believed that the Dawes plan was likely to be injurious to the British…

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Gold Standard Chancellor Non-committal. (Reuter.) LONDON

Northern Star · Saturday 14 February 1925 · page 5

In the House of Commons, replying to a number of questions, Mr. Winston Churchill, Chancellor of the Exchequer, said that the Government fully agreed with the declared…

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Sporting Peer Lends Helping Hand to Thief Story of Gold Watch

Northern Star · Saturday 14 February 1925 · page 11

Thanks to Lord Lons[?]ale, whose gold watch he stole 15 years ago, a London crook who has served 17 years in gaol, has now been given an opportunity of going straight. The…

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An Appalling Disaster Big Death Roll in German Goal Mine Explosion Works Terrible Havoc. Harrowing Scenes at Pit Mouth

Tweed Daily · Saturday 14 February 1925 · page 5

BERLIN, Thursday.--All hope of rescuing any of the miners entombed as the result of an explosion in the Minsterstein mine at, Dortmund have…

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Terrible Disaster Hundred Killed in Pit Explosion Ruhr Miners Choked by Fumes Country Plunged in Grief (Reuter.) DORTMUND

Northern Star · Saturday 14 February 1925 · page 5

An appalling mine disaster at the Stein mine resulting in a terrible toll of death has plunged the whole of the Ruhr Valley into grief…

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Miners' Bonus System

Northern Star · Monday 16 February 1925 · page 6

BROKEN HILL, Sunday.—It is stated that at a mooting of the executive of the Workers' Industrial Association Mr. Considine, secretary of the union, was directed…

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Britain to Revert to Gold Standard

Tweed Daily · Monday 16 February 1925 · page 4

LONDON, Thursday.--In the House of Commons to-day Mr. .Churchill (Chancellor of the Exchequer), replying to a number of questions, said that…

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A Shipment of Gold. £250,000 From the U.S.A. Hints on Seed Sowing. A Hint for North Coast Farmers

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 17 February 1925 · page 6

Gold, to the value of £250,000 consigned to the Bank of New South Wales, arrived in Sydney on Tuesday. The S.M. Herald, in its report,…

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Council Coal Contracts

Northern Star · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 5

SYDWEY, Tuesday.—As the result of a conference between the Lord Mayor (Ald. Stokes), the manager of the city electrical undertaking (Mr. Forbes Mackay). and the…

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Safety First for Miners

Northern Star · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—At a meeting in Newcastle of the Safety First Propaganda Committee, one delegate stated that early last week 50 miners and several horsea…

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Gold Shipment. New York Consignment

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 2

NEW YORK, Monday.--The Equitable Eastern Banking Company is shipping about £2,500,000 worth of gold to Australia…

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More Gold From America (Reuter.) New York

Northern Star · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 5

The Equitable Eastern Banking Corporation is shipping 1,250,000 dollars in gold to Australia…

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Gold Purchases. Australian Action. Will Aid Sterling's Strategiv Position

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 4

Sir Mark Sheldon, whom the King invested recently, was interviewed in London by a representative of the Australian Press Association with…

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South African Miners (Renter.) CAPETOWN

Northern Star · Friday 20 February 1925 · page 5

According to the Johannesburg "Argus," Judge Devilliers, who is acting as mediator in the Mines Conciliation Board inquiry, will favourably recommend the miners'…

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